Burlington, Iowa Burlington, Iowa Skyline of Burlington from Mississippi River Skyline of Burlington from Mississippi River Location in the state of Iowa Location in the state of Iowa State Iowa Burlington is a town/city and the governmental center of county of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The populace was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a diminish from the 26,839 populace in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan region including West Burlington, Iowa, and Middletown, Iowa, and Gulfport, Illinois.
Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, once labelled the crookedest alley in the world.
4.1 Downtown Burlington In 1805, Pike landed at the bluffs below Burlington and raised the United States Flag for the first time on what would turn into Iowa soil and recommended assembly of a fort.
Burlington in 1865.
Gray chose to name it Burlington with respect to his hometown in Vermont. The Grays' daughter Abigail was born in Burlington that same year, the first American settler child born on Iowa soil. In 1837, Burlington was designated the second territorial capital of the Wisconsin Territory. The Iowa Territory was organized in the following year, and Burlington was titled as its first territorial capital. The government used "Old Zion," the first Methodist Church in Iowa (located near what is now Third and Washington streets), to conduct its business.
William Williams visited Burlington, writing a brief description in his journal: From the locale of Burlington it must always be a place of considerable trade.
Iowa's nickname, "The Hawkeye State," has its roots in Burlington.
Edwards changed The Iowa Patriot newspaper's name to The Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot in tribute to his friend, Chief Black Hawk.
Lady Liberty of Burlington Burlington was a bustling river port in the steamboat era and a central town/city to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
The "Burlington Route" (1848 1970) consolidated into the Burlington Northern Railroad (1970 1996), which in turn consolidated into the BNSF Railway (1997 present).
The "Burlington" name has been given to one of the United States' biggest barns s.
One of BNSF's chief east-west lines still crosses the Mississippi at Burlington.
Westland Mall opened in close-by West Burlington in 1977.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.24 square miles (39.47 km2), of which, 14.48 square miles (37.50 km2) is territory and 0.76 square miles (1.97 km2) is water. Climate data for Burlington, Iowa The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 81.2% White, 14.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.6% White, 10.0% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other competitions, and 1.43% from two or more competitions.
Burlington's roots are in transit and manufacturing.
Among one of the earliest businesses in Burlington, the Murray factory (now Murray Turbomachinery and owned by Dresser-Rand) which has been in operation in Burlington since before 1900, the initial building on Central St.
The first backhoes rolled off the assembly line at the Burlington plant in 1967, which is now the only plant in the United States that produces the Case Loader/Backhoe, giving Burlington the nickname "Backhoe Capital of the World." The downtown region holds a number of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, among them the Burlington Apartments (listed as the Hotel Burlington), the Burlington Railroad Depot, the Des Moines County Courthouse, the Burlington Fire Department central station, the Port of Burlington building, Memorial Auditorium, River Park Place (as Burlington Mercy Hospital), the Burlington Police Department building (as Burlington Paper Company), The Capitol Theater, First Congregational Church, St.
The Burlington Bees play the Swing of the Quad Cities in this July 2004 game at Burlington Community Field.
Burlington is the home of the Burlington Bees baseball team, a member of the Class A Midwest League.
Burlington hosts the Snake Alley Criterium, one of the most physically challenging competitions in the Midwest.
Twice, Burlington has been the finishing point for RAGBRAI, the annual bicycle ride that starts at the Missouri River in Iowa and ends in easterly Iowa at the Mississippi River.
Burlington is served by the Burlington Community School District, which has five elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and one alternative high school.
Private education is also available for kindergarten through 12th undertaking at Notre Dame Catholic School, and Great River Christian School (GRCS).
The Burlington School District has five elementary schools: North Hill, Sunnyside, Grimes, Corse and Black Hawk.
All are new buildings or have been recently completely rehabilitated, the newest, North Hill Elementary, received its first students in 2009, there are no elementary school buildings inside the school precinct that are over 40 years old.
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, students who had attended Oak Street Middle School (an aging building that was instead of around 1907) began attending Aldo Leopold (named with respect to ecologist, and surroundingalist, Aldo Leopold, a former resident of Burlington, and author of "A Sand County Almanac"), the new school building is positioned near the corner of Sunnyside Avenue, and Roosevelt Avenue.
The middle school was titled in honor of former JPL head, and Burlington born Dr.
This building replaced the James Madison Middle School building, which has only been in the fitness since the mid-1960s.
Burlington Community High School was constructed in 1968, and occupied the following year, with the first graduating class in June 1970.
Prior to that, the high school students were educated at a building positioned near the downtown company district; the building is still standing and for a time served as Burlington Alternative High School, but has been unoccupied since 1996.
Notre Dame High School and Elementary schools occupy a building near the Burlington high school.
Great River Christian Schools is situated in the old Prospect Hill Elementary School building ,426 Harrison St.
A third middle school building once existed on the edge of Perkins Park, titled Horace Mann, that building was gutted by fire in 2005, and later razed.
The initial High School building (which now serves as the School District Maintenance shops) is noted as being the first high school assembled west of the Mississippi River.
Burlington is also served by Southeastern Community College.
Burlington, Iowa is served by the following small-town media outlets: Burlington's airways broadcasts include WQKQ 92.1 FM, KAYP 89.9 FM, KKMI 93.5 FM, KCDM 98.3 FM, KDMG 103.1 FM, KBKB 101.7 FM, KHDK 97.3 FM, KGRS 107.3 FM, KCPS 1150 AM, KBKB 1360 AM, and KBUR 1490 AM.
Burlington inhabitants also listen to stations in close-by communities, most prominently, the Quad Cities.
Burlington previously had a small-town TV station, KJMH.
It also had studios in Burlington.
In 1996, the station became a full-time satellite of KLJB, marking the end of small-town broadcast TV in Burlington.
Today, those in the Burlington Area receive small-town over-the-air programming from stations in the Quad Cities, Quincy, and Ottumwa, including the stations listed below.
WHBF-TV CBS Channel 4.1 (RF 4); Rock Island, IL (Quad Cities KWQC-TV NBC Channel 6 (RF 36); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities) WQAD-TV ABC Channel 8.1 (RF 38); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) WQAD-DT3 My - Network - TV Channel 8.3 (RF 38); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) KIIN PBS Channel 12 (RF 12); Iowa City, IA KLJB Fox Channel 18.1 (RF 49); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities) KWKB CW Channel 20.1 (RF 25); Iowa City, IA WQPT PBS Channel 24 (RF 23); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) KGCW CW Channel 26 (RF 41); Burlington, IA (Quad Cities, studio in Davenport) KQIN IPTV Channel 36 (RF 34); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities) Great River Bridge in Burlington Iowa (1997) Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Burlington, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, athwart the bay from San Francisco.
Quad City International Airport, the area's large global airport, is approximately 70 miles north of the city, in Moline, Illinois.
Burlington Urban Service (B.U.S.) is a transit fitness owned and directed by the City of Burlington.
Routes service nearly all areas of Burlington, and nearly 90% of all inhabitants live inside 3 town/city blocks of a bus route.
Greyhound Lines and Burlington Trailways furnish daily out-of-town bus service.
James Clarke, Governor of Iowa Territory, founder of the Iowa Patriot journal now called The Hawk Eye Dodge, United States Senator from Iowa Paul Molitor, member National Baseball Hall of Fame, played for the Burlington Bees Charles Elliott Perkins (1840 1907), barns tycoon Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Perkins Park in Burlington was part of his estate Burlington has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International: Burlington, North Dakota (named after Burlington, Iowa) USS Burlington (PF-51) World War II frigate titled after Burlington.
State Data Center of Iowa.
History of Des Moines County, Iowa.
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"NAMED THIS CITY", Burlington Gazette, September 22, 1896.
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"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Burlington, Iowa, United States of America".
"Factory town of Burlington working to remake itself".
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